Changelog
debianutils (2.32) unstable; urgency=low
[ Clint Adams ]
* tempfile.c: free memory right before exit, thanks to Franck
Joncourt.
* Bump to Standards-Version 3.8.1.
[ Manoj Srivastava ]
* [654eca6]: Remove mkboot entirely
mkboot has become increasingly distant from accepted practices on
modern Debian isntallations, and has limited utility. mkboot only
works on i386 and ia64. If GRUB is installed, it does nothing. It is
unsure how the grub2 detection works. mkboot only works on floppy
diskette drives, which are increasingly rare beasts. If rdev is not
present, mkboot will fail to determine the correct root partition. In
most cases, running mkboot is the wrong thing to do, and this
bugginess, in conjunction with its irrelevancy, require that this be
removed.
Bug fix: "mkboot cannot make boot floppy without lilo installed, but
package has no dependency on lilo.", thanks to Chris Metzler
(Closes: #197463).
Bug fix: "try different floppy formats when linux is larger than
1.44Mo", thanks to Jari Aalto (Closes: #272254).
Bug fix: "mkboot should send stderr from which to /dev/null", thanks
to Mike Frysinger (Closes: #438443).
* [f98b30f]: Document that installkernel no longer calls mkboot
* Added Manoj Srivastava to the uploaders field. This package is now
co-maintained.
* installkernel: Handle symlinks in /boot when reinstalling.
closes: #520690.
-- Clint Adams <email address hidden> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:03:38 -0400
